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Re: Huge Bridge?
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lugnet.technic
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Tue, 12 Apr 2005 18:24:56 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Bob Kojima wrote:
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Hey T.J. is this your bridge?
http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1174606
we want the details!
i think you now hold the record for the longest span. no one can top
that. how long was it up before it fell? did any thing break? i
noticed that you had some nice camber in the deck.
most impressive!
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That would be my bridge. Thanks for your comments! No, it’s not the record
span. The longest span, to the best of my knowledge, is this 8.9 meter
bridge:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=27351
My bridge (spanning a modest 17’ 3 1/8” (5.26 meters)) withstood about 5
hours of freight trains and monorail cars until something popped. The whole
thing crashed suddenly and violently :-) There were only 3 broken beams,
and one that almost broke and was left with white stress marks.
However, with the help of 3 other TexLUG members, we rebuilt it in about 2
hours. It held up fine for the second day of our TexLUG meeting. There are
a few more pics and a brief description here:
http://www.texlug.org/spring2005
I’ll be posting more details later on. I’m just a little too busy right now
changing diapers :-)
-TJ
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